[R-sig-Geo] Help with simple Map of US states with predefined regions Version 2 (Solved)

[R-sig-Geo] Help with simple Map of US states with predefined regions Version 2 (Solved)

Good morning Don, I cannot thank you enough for your support and the trouble you went to.
I am novice useR and the only analyst in the shop asked to learn R and the demands are growing faster than my knowledge intake, lots of laughs!

I know this is not a complete solution -- and it's a very different approach -- but it should at least show you a way to reliably get states colored by region.
(I also left out Alaska and Hawaii, since the point here is how to color the regions)

This second is an alternative (however not liking AK&HI, not coming into the map like scenario one above) but also ignoring new Mexico (because recognizing a seventh field value) and I suspect it will do the same for new York and new jersey etc.. when I add them to the list.

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